The disease spreads among deer through social contact or an environment that has been contaminated with ... “The good news is it’s not widespread, the bad news is it’s going to be on the landscape ...

Chronic wasting disease — an always fatal disease that affects deer, elk and other animals — has been spreading across the country for the past few decades. This year, it was detected for the ...

Chronic wasting disease might just be the most terrifying illness you’ve never heard of. It slowly ... [+] turns the brains of infected deer (and other cervids) into spongy, deteriorating masses ...

The disease spreads among deer through social contact or an environment ... “The good news is it’s not widespread, the bad news is it’s going to be on the landscape because those prions ...

Chronic wasting disease, an incurable deadly illness that affects deer, has been discovered in captive animals in Acadiana. The disease was first detected in Louisiana in 2022 after it likely ...

Deer Surveillance Area exists to track spread of fatal chronic wasting disease With CWD spreading, the tracking zone is also likely to expand CWD is extremely hard to contain What it’s meant to ...

When the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease was first discovered in Pennsylvania deerhalf a state away, locally the reaction was one of superficial concern. Wishful thinking was that the always-fatal ...

HAWLEY, Minn. — Chronic wasting disease has been discovered in two adult male deer, including one harvested near Hawley, marking the first time the disease has been identified in the area.

A new study authored by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department finds hunting greater numbers of male deer can slow the spread of chronic wasting disease. The U.S ...

A state lawmaker's proposal aimed at protecting Indiana's wild white-tailed deer from a fatal disease is drawing support from deer farmers, but has many hunters and wildlife advocates concerned.